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CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2009 made changes to the Campaign Finance Law.
City and Town Clerks are now required to post copies of Campaign Finance Reports for Candidates and Ballot Question Committees when there has been $1,000 or more in activity.
These reports, and reports for political campaigns with under $1,000 in activity, are filed in the Town Clerk's office and are available to the public.
Persons Required to File:
- All candidates/treasurers appearing on ballot
- Treasurers for ballot question committees
What is Required to be Filed: M 102 for all candidates who HAVE received contributions, made expenditures (including those who have spent their own money); or incurred obligations during the reporting period, or DO have a campaign fund in existence (balance).
M102-0 for candidates who HAVE NOT received contributions, made expenditures, or incurred obligations during the reporting period and DO NOT have a campaign fund in existence (balance).
Please note: 30TH DAY AFTER ELECTION REPORT is no longer required for communities who have adopted a city form of government with elections in November.
Persons Required to File:
M102-0 for candidates who HAVE NOT received contributions, made expenditures, or incurred obligations during the reporting period and DO NOT have a campaign fund in existence (balance).
Please note: 30TH DAY AFTER ELECTION REPORT is no longer required for communities who have adopted a city form of government with elections in November.
END-OF-YEAR REPORT'S
Persons Required to File:
- ALL INCUMBENTS
- All candidates/treasurers whose name appeared on ballot regardless of outcome
- Treasurers of active ballot question committees
- Treasurers of all other active candidate committees
What is Required to be Filed: M 102 for all candidates who HAVE received contributions, made expenditures (includes those who have spent their own money); or incurred obligations during the reporting period, or DO have a campaign fund in existence (balance). Click here for instructions.
M102-0 for candidates who HAVE NOT received contributions, made expenditures, or incurred obligations during the reporting period and DO NOT have a campaign fund in existence (balance).
M102-0 for candidates who HAVE NOT received contributions, made expenditures, or incurred obligations during the reporting period and DO NOT have a campaign fund in existence (balance).
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS
2020
YEAR-END REPORT
2019
Town Election - November 5, 2019
Statement of Organization
Lazdowski | Mills | Herrington | Pam | Nakajima |
Change of Purpose
Nakajima
Itemization of Reimbursements
Lazdowski8th Day Preceding Election
Schroeder | Lefebvre | Demling | Burkart | Mills | Lazdowski | Nakajima | Herrington | Spitzer | Pam | McDonald | Williams
Nakajima - mid-year report |
Year-end Report
Lazdowski | Griesemer | Hanneke | Demling | Ryan | Schroeder | Boutilier (year end and dissolution) | Spitzer | Herrington | Page | McDonald | Mills | Ross | Brewer | Nakajima | DeAngelis | Edwards | DuMont | Steinberg | Pam | Bahl-Milne | Robert Pam |
Political Action and Ballot Question Committees
Amherst Forward
: Statement of Organization | 8th day preceding report | year end | 2019 8th day preceding report | 2019 year endVote No on the Charter
: DissolutionNot This Charter:
Year end and dissolution2018
Town Election - November 6, 2018
8th Day Preceding Election Report
Povinelli | Schreiber (Schreiber - amended)| Reffsin | Bahl-Milne | Bobrowski | Bobrowski - amended | Brewer | DeAngelis | DuMont (Dumont - amended)| Greeney | Griesemer | Hanneke | Kusner | MacLeod | Maidana | Page | Pam | Pistrang | Pistrang - amended | Ross | Ryan | Schoen | Steinberg | Swartz | Usher | Vickery | Braun | Nunez-Ortiz
Dissolution
Kusner | Pistrang | Town Meeting Works | Braun | Thatcher | Nilsen | Greeney | Kruger | Schreiber | laCour | Nunez-Ortiz | Axelson-BerrySlaughter | MacLeod | Reffsin | Usher | Bobrowski
Year End Report
Sarat | Schreiber | Williams | Povinelli | Griesemer | DeAngelis | Steinberg | Hanneke | McDonald | Herrington | Maidana | Brewer | Ryan
Schoen | Bahl-Milne | Swartz | Nunez-Ortiz | Ely | Boutilier | Axelson-Berry | Spitzer | Slaughter | Pam | MacLeod | Reffsin | Usher |
Dumont | Page | Ross | Lee | Bobrowski
Town Preliminary - September 4, 2018
Change of Purpose
Steinberg | Brewer | Vickery | Hayden
Statement of Organization
8th Day Preceding Election Report
Candidates:
Kusner | Maidana | Schreiber (Schreiber - amended)| DeAngelis | Povinelli | Vickery | Hanneke | Ross | Dumont (Dumont - amended)| Swartz | Bobrowski | Greeney | Pam | Pistrang | Page | Reffsin | Brewer | Maxfield - amended report | Bahl-Milne | MacLeod | Hayden | Ryan | Lee | Griesemer | laCour | Steinberg | Braun | Nunez-Ortiz
30th Day Post Election Report
Candidates:Maxfield - amended report | Swartz | Bobrowski
Year End Report
Maxfield |
Dissolution
Amherst for All 2.0 | Maxfield | Annual Town Election - March 27, 2018
Statement of OrganizationCandidates: McDonald | Spitzer | Herrington | Nilsen | PAC Ely & Sarat
Ballot Question Committees: Town Meeting Works | Amherst For All 2.0 | Vote No on the Charter | Not This Charter
8th Day Preceding Election Report
Candidates:
Babian | Nilsen | McDonald | Ely | Herrington | Sarat | Axelson-Berry | Spitzer | Greeney | PAC Ely & Sarat | Herrington Correction
Ballot Question Committees:
Town Meeting Works | Amherst for All 2.0 | Not This Charter | Vote No on the Charter
30th Day After Election Report
Candidates:
Sarat | McDonald | Ely | PAC Ely & Sarat | PAC Ely & Sarat CPF R1 | Herrington | Axelson-Berry | Spitzer |
Ballot Question Committees:
Amherst for All 2.0 | Not This Charter | Vote No on the Charter | Not This Charter - AMENDED
2017
Annual Town Election - March 28, 2017
Statement of Organization: Demling Demling-Revised M101| Page | Greeney
8th Day Preceding Election
Steinberg | Kruger | Axelson-Berry | Johnson | Nakajima | Page | Demling
30th Day Post Election
Johnson | Lefebvre | Edwards | Demling | Page | Page - Amendment to 30th Day | Hoffmann | Lee | Krueger | Johnson Correction | Johnson Dissolution |
Appy Dissolution | Nakajima | Axelson-Berry |
End of Year
Kruger | Demling | Steinberg | Page | Boutilier | Axelson-Berry | Brewer | Ordonez |
Nakajima | Nakajima - Amendment to Campaign Finance Report |
Vote No on the Charter | Not This Charter | Amherst For All 2.0 | Town Meeting Works |
Special Town Election - March 28, 2017
Ballot Question Committees
Statement of Organization: Vote Yes for Amherst | SASS - Referendum
8th Day Preceding Election: Vote Yes for Amherst | SASS - Referendum
30th Day Post Election: Vote Yes for Amherst | SASS - Referendum | BOLD Dissolution | Amherst For All Dissolution
2016
Annual Town Election
Statement of Organization
Candidates: Ordonez | Kent | O'Connor
Ballot Question Committees:
Save Amherst Small Schools | Building Opportunities and Learning Diversity | Amherst For All | Town Meeting Works
8th Day Preceding Election
Candidates: Brewer | Ordonez | Kent | O'Connor
Ballot Question Committees:
Save Amherst Small Schools | Building Opportunities and Learning Diversity | Amherst For All | Town Meeting Works
30th Day Preceding Election
Candidates: Brewer | Kent | O'Connor
Ballot Question Committees:
Save Amherst Small Schools | Building Opportunities and Learning Diversity | Amherst For All | Town Meeting Works
End of Year
Candidates: Brewer | Ordonez | Kent
Incumbents: Steinberg | Boutilier | Appy
Ballot Question Committees:
Building Opportunities and Learning Diversity | Amherst For All |
Dissolution: Amherst For All
Political Action Committee - Report of Independent Expenditures Promoting Election or Defeat of Candidate(s)
Amherst For Change
Statement of Organization
Reports: 2/26/16 to 3/18/16 | 3/19/16 to 3/21/16 | 3/22/16 to 3/23/16 | 3/24/16 to 3/25/16 | 2/26/16 to 12/15/16 and Dissolution